VA Applied Behavior Analysis Consortium

The following four colleges/universities comprise the VA ABA Consortium: George Mason University (GMU), Fairfax; Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond; Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk; and Lynchburg College. More information and helpful updates about the consortium can be found on the VA ABA Consortium website.

Applications received after April 1, 2016 may be considered, but first preference is given to applications received by the April 1 deadline. New cohorts begin each fall, and each of the four colleges/universities in the consortium may select eight students for each cohort.

Parking

Parking Passes are obtained at the Campus Security Office located on the first floor of the Hall Campus Center. Bring your driver’s license, proof of insurance, and car registration.
Campus Security: 434.544.8100

Tuition

Tuition is set by Lynchburg College (LC). If there are 20 or more students in the cohort statewide, a 25% tuition discount will be offered off the established tuition rate for LC.

College ID

College IDs are obtained at the Campus Security Office located on the first floor of the Hall Campus Center.
Campus Security: 434.544.8100.

LC Email

You will receive correspondence from the Graduate Studies Office once you are accepted into the course sequence which will include information on how to access your college online accounts (including email).

Blackboard

This course will use Blackboard to keep course documents, your assignments, and other resources you will need for the course. You will be provided with information to access courses on Blackboard.

Course Materials

You are welcome to obtain your books wherever you can purchase them. The LC Campus Store, located in the Dysdale Student Center, will be pleased to order them for you.

Course Delivery Format

Students meet in the former Graduate Studies Building, lower level, for coursework delivered through videoconferencing from multiple locations. The instructor will be either onsite or at a consortium member site. A Lynchburg College instructor will teach one or two of the six courses offered throughout the consortium.

Technology Support

LC Technology Help Desk
434.544.8350

GMU Technology Help Desk
703.993.8870

Withdrawing or Dropping Courses

If you choose to withdraw or drop a course, you must inform your professor, but you will not be officially withdrawn unless you process the necessary add/drop form through the LC Registrar’s office, following institutional timelines and processes.